Consolidated tariff-index.



C. B. GUTHRIE.

CONSOLIDATED TARIFF INDEX.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 30, 1912.

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C. B. GUTHRIE.

CONSOLIDATED TARIFF INDEX.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 30, 1912.

1,041,623., Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

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CONSOLIDATED TARIFF-INDEX.

Specification of Letters, Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

Application filed March so, 1912. Serial at. 687,481.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. GUTHRIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Consolidated Tariff-Indexes, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to tarifi' indices. At the present time everyrailroad opera ing in the United States is required to publish anindividual tariff index for the purpose of enabling their agents and thepublic to determine what tariifs are in efiect and are applicable toshipments in a given territory. Whenever a transportation company makesa change by reissuing any of its tariffs, a supplement to the indexannouncing such change has to be issued every month, and every twelvemonths the entir index has to be revised and reissued.

As there are over thirteen hundred railroads operating in the UnitedStates, and each of these railroads is required to publish an individualtarifi' index, it will be seen that the annual expense to the railroadsof publishing tariff indices amounts to hundreds of thousands ofdollars. Furthermore, with the use of individual tariff indices eachrailroad has .to keep on file the tarifi indices of their participatingcarriers;

or, in other words, of the various other railroads with which itcooperates and which participate in the tariffs referred to in thetariff index of the carrier issuing same. Frequent shippers also keep onfile the tariff indices of the various railroads with which they dobusiness, or which operate in the territory in which they are located inorder to have complete information in regard to the tarifis that are inforce on their commodities or particular territory. On account of thegreat expense, the individual tarifi' indices that are now in generaluse are often inaccurate owing to the fact that the railroads do notcomply strictly with the requirements relating to revising and reissuingthe tariff indices and publishing supplements, and they are generallyconfusing to the average shipper on account of the numerous repetitionsthat occur therein.

The main object of my invention is to provide a joint or consolidatedtarifi' index that will show all of the tarifis in force, on

a number of railroads, if possible all of the railroads operating in theUnited States, said index to be issued by an agent acting under power ofattorney from the various railroads or carriers, and thus overcoming thenecessity of each railroad publishing an individual tarifi' index. Iprefer to ublish or print the index in sections, eacho which relates tothe railroads that operate in a certain section of the United States,for example, one section of the index would relate 'to western lines orwestern classification territory, another to oflicial classificationterritory, another to southern classification territory, and another totranscontinental territory. This is only for convenience in filing andhandling'the index, however, and therefore I wish it to be'understoodthat it is immaterial so far as my invention is concerned whether eachissue of the index is published in one volume or in several volumes. v

A joint or consolidated tariff index of the character above-describedgreatly reduces the expense now incurred by each railroad in publishingan individual tariff index, it reduces the space now required by therailroads and by the shippers for filing the individual tarifl indicesof the different railroads, it enables each railroad to comply strictlywith the terms of the Interstate Commerce Commission relative topublishing supplements and reissuing tarifi' indices by reason of thefact that whenever a railroad makes a change in any of its tarifis itmerely'has to file a schedule showing such change with the InterstateCOIDIIIGI'CQ'COIII- mission as at present, as the agent who issues theconsolidated tariif index will maintain an ofilce at Washington. When arailroad makes a change it will notify said agent instead of going tothe expense of preparing and issuing a supplement or reissuing theentire tariff index as is now the general practice. It also enables ashipper to ascertain quickly where he can obtain a copy of theparticular tariff in which he is interested by reason of the fact thatthe information in the consolidated tarifi' index is so condensed andarranged that any one of ordinary intelligence can understand same. Themeans used to designate the various lines or transportation companies isof such a character that it overcomes the necessity of providing onesection to indicate the originating carriers and another'sectlon toindicate the delivering carriers. Furthermore, such an index showsclearly all of the lines participating under concurrence, andconsequently makes it possible for concurring carriers to ascertain andcheck the concurrences, or authority to issue rates in' connection withtheir lines.

Each section or volume of the consolidated tarifi? index contains thenames of railroads m or carriers that issue tarifis applicable to theterritory which that particular volume or section of the consolidatedindex covers, and it also preferably contains the names and addresses ofthe tariff-issuing ofiicers of said railroads so as to enable a shipperto ascertain the name and address of the person to whom he must write inorder to obtain a copy of the published tarifi' in which he isinterested. It also preferably contains the 2 date'upon which thetarifi's became effective which is very valuable information to carriersand shippers in handling overcharge claims. The tariffs on commoditiesare preferably divided into specific or special com- 5 modity tarifis,miscellaneous commodity tarifis and general class and commodity tariffs.

' In the section or portion of the volume that relates to specialcommoditytarifi's a heading is provided'for each special commodity, andunder each of said headings is arranged the name of the railroad thatissuesthe tariff on said vspecial commodity and the points from and towhich the tariff applies. All of the railroads or carriers whichparticipate in said particular tarifl are indlcated in that section orportion of the index by means of symbols'or characters that constitute akey, each symbol or 40 character designating a certain railroad.

The sections of the index that relate to miscellaneous commodity tariffsand gen'eral class and commodity tariffs are arranged in a similarmanner, as hereinafter described. Any suitable ke may be used for thispurpose but I pref er to use one letter of the alphabet with a number ornumbers added to designate each railroad, for example the Adirondack &St. Lawrence Railroad would be designated by a symbol consisting of Athe Albany & Southern Railroad by a symbol consisting of A and so on.Means is of course provided for explaining or defining the key, or, inother words, stating what railroad or carrier each symbol of the keyrepresents, and in the preferred form of my invention as herein shownsaid means consists of a column provided with a heading entitled Key andarranged in that section or portion of' the index that contains thenames of the railroads or carriers, the names of the tariff-issuingofficers, their addresses, etc., the key symbols being arranged in saidcolumn opposite the names of the railroads which they designate so thatnecessity of the person using the index can-ascertain quickly andconveniently the key symbol that is used to designate a particularcarrier. It is preferable to use certain groups of symbols to designatecertain groups of railroads. For example, the railroads that operate inwhat is known as trunk line territory would be designated by the firstfive letters of the alphabet with appropriate numbersadded; those thatoperate in what is known as Central Freight Association territory by thenext five letters of the alphabet and appropriate numbers; those thatoperate in what is known as southeastern territory by the next fiveletters of the alphabet and appropriatenumhers; those that operate inwhatis known as southwestern territory by the next five letters of thealphabet and appropriate numbers; and those that operate. 1n what isknown as transcontinental territory by the next five letters of thealphabet and appro-v priate numbers. In this way I am able to designatethe lines in different sections of the country by groups of symbolswhich are 0 similar or have such a relation to each other that a personusing the index can tell from the symbols whether the symbol designatesa trunk line,,a transcontinental line, or so forth. That is to say, assoon as the user sees a symbol containin one of the groups of letters A,B, G, D 'or he knows that the transportation company which said symboldesignates is a trunk line.

In order'to condense the index to a mini- 10o mum I distinguish the keysymbols that designate the originating carriers from the key symbolsthat designate the participating carriers by printing the originatingcarrier symbols in heavy or black-face type and the other symbols inlight-face type in that portion or section of the index in which theinformation in regard to the various tarifis is contained. In this way Iovercome the roviding the index with one section pertaining to theoriginating carriers and a separate and distinct section perta-ining tothe participating carriers as is now the general practlce. It is notessential, however, that the'originating carriers or initial carriersand the other carriers be distinguished from each other in thisparticular manner as various means could be used for this purposewithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

The lines that operate in two different territories, or publish tarifisapplicable to two difierent territories, are designated by adifi'erentsymbol for each territory. For example, if the Erie Railroad, which is 1known as a trunk line, operated in, or published a tariff applicable tothe Central Freight Association territory, the symbol C might be used todesignate the Erie Railroad in connection with the tarifis ap- 130plicable to trunk line territory, and the symbol G might be used todesignate the Erie Railroad in connection with tarifi's applicable cableto Central Freight Association territory." This occurs in very fewinstances, however, or onlywhere a linela-ps over or runs into diflerentterritory from that in which the line operates principally.

I also prefer to use a second key which is separate and distinct fromthe key just described for designating the various special commoditiesreferred to in the index, said second key being preferably composed ofsymbols consisting of the letters of the alphabet; for example,agricultural implements and vehicles would be designated by the letterA; canned goods by the letter C; cement, lime and plaster by the lettersC chemicals and drugs by. the symbol C etc. The symbols comprising thissecond key are arranged in a col m'n provided with a heading entitledKey opposite the names of articles which the symbols designate so as todefine or explain the key, and in certain sections of theindex thesesymbols are used in conjunction with the information relating to thetariffs so as to show the particular kind of goods on which the tariffsapply. Each section or volume of the consolidated index of coursecontains instructions relatingto the use of the index and alsodescriptions or definitions of the keys as above described so as to showthe symbol that is used to designate each railroad and the symbol thatis used to ,des-

ignate each special commodity referred to in the index.

I have not herein illustrated the entire consolidated index but onlysuch pages or portions-0f one section or Volume of the index that arenecessary to show the features which I claim are novel and which make itpracticable to consolidate the information in the numerous individualindices now in use into one 'jointor consolidated index.

Figure 1 of the drawings shows one page of one volume or section of theindexwhich contains the names of railroads orv carriers that publishtariffs and operate in' the particular section of the United States towhich said section or volume relatesyFig. 2 shows aportion of anotherpage which contains the names of special commodities'and the keycomposed of symbols that designate the different special commodities;Fig. 3 shows. a portion of another page which contains the names andaddresses of the tariff-issuing officers of the railroads and also thekey composed of symbols that designate the different railroads; Fig.4shows a portion of a page that contains information which shows whatrailroads issue tariffs. on special commodities the points from and towhich said tariffs apply; and the carriers orrailroads that participatein said tarifi's; the originat ing carriers being preferably indicatedby heavy or black-face type and the intermediate or delivering carriersby lightface type; Fig. 5 shows a portion of a'page that relates tomiscellaneous commodity tariffs, and shows what railroads issue tariifson miscellaneous commodities, the points from and to which said tarifl'sapply, and the carriers-that participate in the t-a'rifi's; and Fig. 6shows a portion ofa page that relates only to State tariffs, namely,tarifis that apply onlyto points within a State.

Referring to Fig. -l of the drawings which illustrates one page of theindex, the reference character 1 designates a heading preferablyconsisting of the Words Issuing carriers which is arranged above aplurality'of vertical columns 2 and 3-, the column 2 having asub-heading 2 consisting of the word- Transportation company and thecolumn 3 having a subheading 3 consisting of the letters F. X. 1., No.In the column 2 are arranged the names of different railroads whichoperate in the section of the United States to which this particularvolume of the consolidated 'index relates, and in the column 3 arearranged numbers which designate the carr ers who have conferred powerof attorney to the issuing agent under form F. X. I. as prescribed bythe Interstate Commerce Commission. Preferably, the term Item No. 2 isprinted at the top of the page for convenience in referring to thissection of the index.

The page illustrated in Fig. 2 has a heading 4 which preferably consistsof the words List of commodities and under said heading are arranged aplurality of vertical columns 5 and 6, the column 5 having a subheading5" consisting of the word Key and the column 6 having a sub-heading 5consisting of the word Commodity. In column 6 are arranged the names ofvarious special commodities such, for example, as agriculturalimplements, canned goods, and cement, lime and plaster; and in thecolumn 5 symbols constituting a key are arranged opposite the names ofthe special commodities in column 6 so as to show the key symbol that isused to designate each specific commodity. I have herein used the letterA to designate'agricultural implements, and vehicles, the letter C todesignate canned goods, and the letters C to designate cement, lime andplaster, but I do not wish it to be understood that my invention islimited to an index provided with a key consisting of these particularsymbols or characters for -various other symbols or devices could beused to designate the special commodities referred to in the. indexwithout departing from the spirit of my invention.

The page illustrated in Fig. 3 has a head-- ing 7 preferably consistingof the words Carriers in trunk line territory and the &

term Item No. 4 or some other'suitable termis' preferably printed at thetop of the page for the convenience of the user in finding thisparticular section of the index. Another page or pages, not shown, has aheading entitled Carriers in C. F. A. territory. Another page or ages,not shown, has a heading consisting oi the words Carriers insoutheastern territory and so on, suitable headings being provided forthe carriers in the southeastern, southwestern and transcontinentalterritories and all of said pages being grouped together so as to formthe section or portion of the index that I have arbitrarily called ItemNo. 4. Five vertical columns, designated by the reference characters 8,9, 10, 11 and 12, are ar ranged under the heading 7, and each of saidvertical columns has a sub-heading, the column 8 having a sub-heading 8consisting of the word Key the column 9 a sub heading 9 consisting ofthe word Abbreviation, the column 10 a sub-heading 10 consisting oi thewords Name of carrier the column 11 a sub-heading 11 consistin of thewords Tarifi-issuing oificer or title and the column 12 a sub-heading 12consisting of theword Address. The names of the railroads or carriersthat operate in the territory to which the above heading 7 relates arearranged in column 10, the names of the oflicers of said railroads whichissue tariffs, are arranged in the column 11, and the addresses of saidoflicers are arranged in the column 12. The column 9 containsabbreviations for the names of the railroads,

and the column 8 contains the s mbols or.

characters that form the key used to designate the diflerent railroadsthe abbreviations and key symbols, of course, being arranged directlyopposite or on the same line with the name of the railroad which theydesignate.

The page illustrated in Fig. 4 has a general heading 13, such, forexample, as the words Agricultural implements and vehicles, and underthis general heading is classified the names of the special commoditiesthat come under said general heading. For example, a sub-heading 13 isprovided for agricultural implements; a subheading 13 is provided forbuggies, car riages and wagons, a sub-heading 13 is provided for canecarts, and so on. Each of the sub-headings 13 13 and 13 just referred tois grouped with or arranged over a plurality'ojr' vertical columns 14,15, 1.6, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 arranged. side by side and extendingacross the page, asshown in Fig. 4.

, The three columns 14, 15 and 16 to the left have a heading 140consisting of the word Numbers the next columns 17 and 18 have a heading170 consisting of the words Issued by the column 19 has a heading 190consisting of the word From; the

column 20 has a heading 120 consisting of the word To and the column 21has a heading121 consisting of the words Participating carriers.

In addition to the headings just referred to the columns 14, 15, 16,17and 18 have subheadings 14 15, 16, 17 and 18, respectively,the heading14 consisting of the words Index No.; the heading 15 conthe column 18 isarranged the issuing railroads number and the date the tariff becameeffective, and in'the column 20 the name of the place or places to whichthe Interstate Commerce Commission number ofthat particular tarifl thecolumn 14 contains the index number of that particular tarifl, (this tobe used for convenience of the numeral section), and the column 16contains any other commission number which has to be specified, forexample, the Canadian, or the number of a State commission orcommissions. All of the diii'erent carriers or' railroads whichparticipate in that particular tarifl issued by the Central of Georgiaare indicated in the column 21 by the key symbols that designate saidc'arriers or railroads. If a number of transportation companiesparticipate in that particular tariff, each company would be designatedby its proper key symbol in column 21. Preferably, black-face symbolsare used to designate originating carriers and light-face symbols todesignate inter: mediate and delivering carriers. The words (see ItemNo. 4) are preferably printed in the heading 121 of column 21 so as toform a cross reference or connecting link between the key defined incolumns 8, 9'and 10 of the the participating carriers in certaintarifi's are designated. For example, a person in looking up the tariffon agricultural implements from Eatonton, Ga. to southeast MississippiValley points would find the key symbols A, A and A in column 21 of thesectionor portion, of the index illustrated in Fig. '4 of the drawings.

'He would then refer to the section of the index that I have termed ItemNo. 4 and which is illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, and u onexamining columns 8 and 10 would ld that the key symbol Albany, SouthernR. R.; and that A designates the Alexander & Eastern Ry., thusascertaining the fact that these three railroads participate in thetarifi on agri-.

cultural implements from Eatonton, Ga. to southeast Mississippi Valleypoints. He would also know that the Adirondack & St. Lawrence R. R. wasthe originating carrier or initial carrier because the key symbol A thatdesignates said railroad is print ed in black or heavy-face type. I haveused the key symbols A A and A in the exan'i'ple above given merely forthe purpose of more clearly explaining my index and because thesesymbols are-shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, but in the actual index thekey symbols of the railroads which do actually participate in the tarifiamentioned in the example would be specified in column 21 of the sectionillustrated in Fig. 4:.

From the above it will be seen that a 25 consolidated tarifl" index ofthe construction above-described enables the carriers, shippers and allwho may contemplate the use of that tarifl" to quickly determine. itsscope, and whether or not it would be applicable via the route or reachthe territory of the desired shipment. In-other words, the tariff is ascompletely described as far as it is practicable ina directory.

The page illustrated in Fig. 5 has a general heading 22 consisting ofthe 'words Miscellaneous commodity tariiis, andunder this generalheading are arranged columns 14:, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 likethose shown in Fig. 4, and each having the same kind of a headingpreviously described in connection with Fig. 4. In addition to thevertical columns just mentioned the page illustrated in Fig. 5 isprovided with I an additional column 23 that has a heading 23 consistingof the words Applying on and also the words See Item No. 3) Said column23 contains ke'y symbols which designate certain commodities specifiedin the section of the index illustrated in Fig. 2 and termed Item No. 3.the key symbols A, C, C and C are ar-' ranged in column 23 of Fig. 5. Byreferring to column 5 of the section termed Item No. 3 the user will seethat the key symbol A designates agricultural implements and vehicles,that C designates canned goods, that C designates cement, lime andplaster, and that C designates cider, vinegar and pickles, and he willthus know that I .the' partlcular tariff with which these key symbolsare associated applies on the articles or'the goods previouslymentioned.

I- have not illustrated the section of the index that relates to generalclass and commodity tariffs because it is a duplicate of For example,

the miscellaneous commodity tarifi section illustrated in Fig. 5 exceptthat the column 23 containing'the commodity key symbols is not used,owing to the fact that this section relates to general class andcommodity tarifi's. g

The page illustrated in Fig. 6 relates to class and commodity tariffsthat are efi'ective between certain points in a State anti is providedwith columns and headings of the same character as those illustrated inFig. 5, the only difference between these two pages being that the pageillustrated in Fig. 6 has a heading 24 consisting of the name of theState in which State tarifis as distinguished from interstate tariffsare effective,

If a person who contemplates shipping agricultural implements fromEatonton, Ga, to some point in the southeast Mississippi Valley desiresto know what the tariff is on such articles he first examines the sec-'tion of the consolidated index that relates to specific commodities,one'page of which is illustrated in Fig. 4. The specific commodi tiesare listedalphabetically in this section 90 so that the user quicklyfinds the tariff in which he is interested. By referring to columns 17and 18 of said section (illustrated in Fig. 4) he finds that the tarifi'is issued by the Central of Georgia Railroad and that it becameeffective on Sept. 19, 1909. If he desires to know the originatingcarrier and the various other carriers that participate in said tarifihe reads across the page to column 21 in which he finds the key symbolsA A and A The cross reference (see Item No. 4-) in the heading of column21 informs the user that he must consult the section of the index termedItem No. 4 which is illustrated in Fig. 3, in order to ascertain thenames of the carriers which said key symbols designate. Turning to thissection and examining columns 8 and 9, see Fig. 3 of the drawings, hequickly ascertains the names of the carriers 110 that participate in thetarifi in which he is interested. If he desires to obtain a copy of thetarifi he consults columns 11 and 12 of the section termed Item No. 4 soas to ascertain the name and address of the tariff issuing oflicer ofthe railroad that issues the tariff, namely, the Central of Georgia.

In case a user fails to find the tarifi in which he is interested in thesection that r'elatesto specific commodities, namely, the sectionillustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, he next refers to the sectionillustrated in Fig. 5 which relatesto miscellaneous commodity tariffs.Suppose for example, the

same goods above-mentioned are to be shipped but they are to be shippedfrom Jackson Miss. to Alexandria, La. ,In the miscellaneous commoditytarifi' section illustrated-in Fig. 5 the user finds that there IS atariff between the points just mentioned and that it applies on A, C, Cand C", see column 23 ofFig. 5. In order to find out whether or not oneof these symbols designates agricultural implements and vehicles, theuser follows the instruction (see Item No. 3) in the heading of thecolumn 23 and turns to the section illustrated in Fig. 2,

thus finding in columns 5 and 6 of Fig. 2

that the key symbol A designates the goods which he desires to ship. Ifthe user fails to find the tarifl in which he is interested in eitherthe specific commodity tarifi' section or the miscellaneous commoditytariif section he knows that class rates will applyand by referrin tothe" general class an commodity tari section not illustrated in thedrawings) he will d the tariff in which he is interested. Should a ratebe desired which contemplates a movement wholly within a single State,the user examines the section of the index that relates to Statetarifi's, one page of which is illustrated-in Fig. 6.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: I

1. A consolidated groups of leavesfthe leaves of some of said groupsbeing provided with means that show the tarifis that are issued by anumber of transportation companies and the points from and to which saidtarifis apply, a key composed of symbols grouped with said means forshowing the originating and participating carriers that participate insaid various tariffs, and means on the leaves of another group forexplaining said key or defining what each symbol of the key designates.

2. A consolidated tariflt' index comprising groups of leaves, means onthe leaves of some of sand groups that show the tarifls that are issuedby a number of transportation compames, a key composed of symbolsgrouped with said means for showing the carriers that participate insaid various tariffs, and means on the leaves of another group forexplaining said key or definingwhat each symbol of the key designates,there'bein'g a symbol for each carrier and the symbols which designatethe carriers in one section of the country or which are known under a'eneral name being related or distinguished rom the symbols thatdesignate the carriers in a difierent section of the country.

3. A consolidated tariflf index comprisin groups of leaves, the leavesof some of sai groups being provided with means that show the tariffsthat are issued by a number of transportation companies a keycomposed'of symbols grouped with said means for showmg the originatingcarriers and participating carriers that participate in said varioustariif index comprising tariffs, and means on the leaves of anothergroup for explaining said key or defining what each symbol of the keydesignates, the symbols that designate the originating carriers beingdistinguished from the symbols that designate the participating carriersin some suitable manner.

4. A consolidated tarifi index comprising groups of leaves, the leavesof some of said groups being provided with means that show the tariflsthat are issued by a number of transportation companies, a key composedof symbols grouped with said means for showing the carriers thatparticipate in said various tarifis, means for explaining said key ordefining what each symbol of the key designates, a second key separateand distinct from the first andcomposed of symbols that are grouped withthe means first men tioned for designating certain commodities to whichsaid tariffs apply, and means for explaining 0r defining the meaning ofthe symbols that compose said second key.

' 5. A consolidated tarifl index comprising groups of leaves that formseparate sections which relate to various kinds of commodity tarifi's,means in each of said sections for showing the carriers that issue thetaritls specified in -the section and the points from and to whichparticular tariffs apply, key symbols in each'of said sections forindicating the carriers that participate in the tariffs specifiedtherein, means for showing the dates on which the tarifls becameefiective, and means for defining or explaining said key, saidexplanatory means consisting of the names of the carriers and keysymbols identical with the key symbols used in said sections arrangedadjacent said names.

6. A consolidated tariff index comprising groups of leaves arranged toform separate sections which relate to various kinds of commoditytarifls, each of said tariff sections being provided with key symbolsthat are arranged to show the carriers that participate in certaintarifl's, a separate section in which is arranged the names of thecarriers, the names and addresses of the tariff riers.

In testimonywhereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses, this twenty sixth day of March 1912 CHARLES B. GUTHRIE.

Witnesses:

WELLS L. Cannon, Gnonen BAKEWELL.

